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Ian Bartlett is a horse racing commentator and occasionally was an analyst for the
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/ref> He has also commentated for Channel 4 Racing. Bartlett has always been associated with his role at
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. He commentated for SIS's feed of their
Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap st ...
coverage from 1998 to 2001. (Except 2000, where the BBC's commentary team gave live pictures and commentary for SIS). For the BBC's television coverage of the Grand National, from 2004 up to and including the 2012 race after which the BBC lost the rights, Bartlett commentated on four sections of the 4½-mile steeplechase, from the 1st to 5th fence, 10th to 12th, 17th to 21st and 26th to 28th. It wasn't expected any BBC commentators would move to Channel 4 but Bartlett did join Channel 4 and started commentating on the Grand National at Aintree for Channel 4 in 2013 and joined Richard Hoiles and lead commentator
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in the commentary box. He also joined
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, Clare Balding and
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in moving from the BBC to Channel 4. While working for Channel 4's Grand National coverage, he was stationed out in the country picking up the commentary from the fifth fence to the tenth, before handing back over to Simon Holt. During this stint, he runs the viewers over the action over most of the signature fences in the race, including
Becher's Brook Becher's Brook ( ) is a fence jumped during the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is jumped twice during the race, as the and fence, as well as on four other occasions ...
and the
Canal Turn The Canal Turn is a fence on Aintree Racecourse's National Course and thus is jumped during the Grand National steeplechase which is held annually at the racecourse, located near Liverpool, England. Named for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal which pas ...
. In 2017 Bartlett continued his association with the Grand National when ITV took over the broadcasting rights, he continues to cover the signature fences out in the country. Also known by his racing peers as Barty, he is known for his love of Veuve and claims that his ''
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'' specialist subject would be the road network of the United Kingdom as he drives in excess of 40,000 miles per year. Bartlett also counts comedy duo Hale & Pace amongst his closest friends after working with them on the television show '' Jobs for the Boys''. Ian Bartlett's terrestrial television Grand National commentary posts •2004 - 2009 (BBC) 1st - 4th 17th - 20th •2010 - 2012 (BBC) 1st - 4th, 10th - Anchor Bridge crossing 17th - 20th, 26th - Anchor Bridge crossing •2013 - 2016 (Channel 4) 5th - 10th 21st - 26th •2017 - 2022 (ITV) 5th - 9th 21st - 25th


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